Kaikōura

First Person - Max Towle was in Christchurch when the 2011 quake hit. He knows first-hand that Kiwis are a resilient lot, but they still need help.

Kaikoura's Whale Watch has spotted the first whales off the coast since Monday's earthquake.

There is no point in relocating the capital when there is so little certainly about where a natural disaster might hit, an economics of disasters expert says. Audio

Some wildlife enthusiasts are angry at being ordered to stop rescuing paua from uplifted sections of the coastline south of Kaikoura.

About 200 people have attended an emotional outdoor interdenominational church service in Kaikoura this morning.

Last week's Kaikoura earthquake has lent fresh urgency to plans for a national text-based tsunami warning system.

Insight - Phil Pennington and Tim Graham share the stories and events from the first days of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that ripped the land apart, caused massive slips, cut off Kaikoura and towns… Audio

After 18 years on air, Kaikoura's only radio station shut down in September. Its founder tells Mediawatch Blue FM could have been a godsend for people desperate for news they could use after the…

Video - After the earthquake hit Kaikoura, the USS Sampson's mission immediately turned from the first US naval visit in 33 years to civil defence. RNZ visual journalist Claire Eastham-Farrelly is… Video

Claims that the proximity of the moon and homosexuality caused quakes surfaced in the media this week. Should the media have simply ignored them?

Power Play - After handling the devastating Christchurch earthquakes, the Kaikoura shake would have felt like deja-vu to the PM and his senior ministers, writes Jane Patterson.

The threat of further slips means the only half-functioning road out of Kaikoura will not reopen until next week. Video

Their Kaikoura home may be ruined, but Billy the goat's family are in good spirits.

Civil Defence will give the Kaikoura District Council $1 million in earthquake emergency funding.

Gerry Brownlee has thanked the warship crews helping the quake response - including on the first US ship to visit NZ waters in decades. Video

Gareth McLean's quick reactions saved his baby daughter's life in the earthquake, but the family do not know when they can go home.